The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-08-18
MIN NNESOTA.

Red Wing is stretching the electric light
wires
Minneapolis prices prices are being paid
ior wheat at Waseca.
There has been but one death in the vii
lage Of Cannon Falls, this year.
During July there were deaths and II
births at Hastings, Dakota county.
During thunder storm, Thursday after
noon. the 9-year-old daughter OF Syver o.
son. living three miles north of Granite
Falls, was killed by lightning while bring
ing the herd.
There were six births in Rochester, Ohm
sted Co.. during July, three American, two
German and one Danish. -Four deaths occur
red, one heart disease, one paralysis, one
drowning. and one scrofulosis.
It appears to be determined beyond any
peradventure that natural gas exists in
large quantities at Albert Lea; some 10000
acres have been leased upon which to sink
gas wells and company formed, equipped
financially and scientifically, to thoroughly
test and develop the resources of the de-
posit.
The safe at the Anhauser- Busch Bottling
Wednesday morning and robbed One Of
the burglars was captured by the police
after a fight, in which he was shot in the
mouth, and was identified as "Prussian
Frank noted cracksman lately operating
in Minneapolis.
The bench show to be held in st. Paul
Sept IL, "A, Is and l6 promises to be a
greater success than its most sanguine
friends ever dreamed OF. Entries are
pouring in from every part of the United
States and Canada. Men of Minnesota and
other Northwestern states are taking q
great deal Of interest in the show.
William, the l9-year-old son Of Fred
Reamer, Of Nunda, Freeborn county, on
Tuesday went out to NOW q meadow near
by, but at noon failed to come to dinner,
when young girl was sent to look for him,
She discovered his dead body lying in the
grass, about ten PAGES from the gnn, evil
IDENTITY having been shot by accident
Martin Moffat son Of a farmer was proba-
bly, fatally cut on Sunday by one OF ! party
of st. Paul toughs, near Bass lake. There
were or ten in the st. Paul party, and
passing a school house where Sunday
school was in session they stole whips &C.,
with others, pursued the thieves and was
cut by one he captured, who thus got free.
The commission appointed by Judge
Mcclure to investigate charges against
E. 8. Brown, receiver Of the car company
at Saltwater, has reported that they had
made q thorough examination and that
every dollar of the accounts are correct.
The report was filed with the Judge and by
him ordered entered on the clerks books
and all bills and accounts ordered correct.
The amount handled by Mr.. Brown since he
was appointed in May, 1854, is over IS,
10000.
A torn ado and hail storm, one half mile
wide, coming from the northeast, struck
Renville, Thursday at p. m. Nearly all
the windows we're broken, several buildings
blown to pieces and others unroofed or bad
ly damaged. Mrs. Harm was in her kitchen
when the storm struck. The stove was
turned over on her and she died soon after
from the effects All wheat in shock in the
track OF the storm was threshed out by hail
stones, some of which were three inches in
diameter.
From August 25 to November l the
Northern Pacific will put into effect q
special rate on stock, cattle, bulls and sheer
between st. Paul and the Rocky mountains
of IS per cent of present west bound rates
as named in the present cattle tariff. The
reduction is ON account OF the severe droutl
in Southern Minnesota, Iowa and Wiscon
sin, where stock is being sold cheap, and il
Northern Pacific an opportunity to secure
some at reasonable rates.
Three rather peculiar accidents occurred
at Faribault on Saturday: Rev. f. D.
Hoskins, warden at Seabury Divinity
| school, while sitting and conversing on the
| veranda OF that institution attempted to
move his chair and in doing 80 fell and
broke both homes Of his left arm. nj p
A. Nawacone. wife of the proprietor Of the
Faribault Steam laundry, on Fourth street
had her right hand drawn in between the
rolls Of the ironing machine, badly crushing
and burning her wrist. A son of NJ
Matthew, while riding q velocipede on
Second street was thrown against lalnl
post, breaking his left shoulder
Gov. McGill has appointed the following
additional members on the state board Of
equalization:
| Eleventh district ). G. Cooley, Duluth.
Fourteenth district-Hugh Thompson
| Fisher.
Fifteenth district-Geo. Whitney, We
dena.
Sixteenth district r. J. Hall, Morris.
| The appointments became necessary Oh
| account Of a change in the judicial district,
made by the last legislature, which made
the llth, 14th and 18th from the old 1lth and
the 10th from the old 18th. Mr. Thompson i,
OF the old districts and being member O
the present board
Some days ago young man named Brad
ley, alias Thomas d. Franklin, whose par
ents live in Illinois, was arrested in Minnie
apolis for attempting to pass forged deet